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BURNER. APPLICATION FILED OCI-H. 1911.

htemtedl Feb. 26,, 1918.

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BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented net. an, int.

Application filed. October 11, 1917. Serial No. 195,952.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. LATIMER,

ample, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective illus trating the fuel burner and disclosing in a diagrammatical manner a fuel supply apparatus therefor.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through one of the burner units.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates an air tank which is adapted to be filled with air under pressure by a compression means such as the pump 11. This tank is connected with an oil tank 12. The oil in the tank passes out through 'a supply pipe 13. This pipe is led to a burner 14, as particularly shown in the drawings, and with which the present invention is concerned.

The burner consists of a baffle floor 15 which is surrounded upon three sides by a retaining flange 16 and upon its remaining side by a bafile wall 17. As shown in the drawings. the baffle floor and battle wall are formed integral with each other and the flanges and are designed to accommodate three burner nozzles 18, 19 and 20, respectively. These burner nozzles are formed of lengths of pipe which extend vertically and are then bent over in arcuate shape to terminate at points beyond the vertical centers of the arcs. The lower ends of these pipes are threaded and extend into bosses 21 cast upon the baffle structure. These bosses are in communication with supply stems 22 which extend rearwardly, from the vertical baffle wall 17 and connect with regulating valves 23. The valves 23 are of the needle valve type and are in communication with the supply pipe 13. A single nozzle opening 24 is formed through the lowermost wall of each of the burner pipes and adjacent the end thereof. This opening is disposed so that its central axis, when extended downwardly, will substantially strike the upper face of the baffle floor at 15 at a point directly below the radial center of the arc of the burner nozzle pipe. It will be understood that each of the burner nozzles may be separately regulated and that when desired certain of the burner nozzles may be removed to reduce the capacity of the apparatus,

In operation, liquid hydrocarbon fuel is delivered to the valves 23 from the generating tank 12 by the supply pipe 13. The valves may then be opened to allow the fuel to pass through the burner nozzles and fall upon the bafile floor. This quantity of fuel may then be ignited during which time the delivery of liquid fuel is continued. Eventually the burner nozzle pipes will become heated so that the fuel passing therealong will be rendered more volatile and will thus be instantly ignited when passing from the burner nozzle openings 24. By this time, the fuel in combustion will-cover the baffle floor entirely with flame and substantially envelop the burner nozzles, thus producing an intense heat.

It will thus be seen that by the use of the burner shown a simple means is provided for producing an efficient combustion of hydrocarbon fuels and by which said combustion may be easily regulated.

"While I have shown the preferred construction of mv burner as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

In a burner, a battle floor, retaining flanges extending upwardly from three edges of the floor, a baffle wall extending upwardly from the fourth edge of the floor, bosses extending upwardly from the floor in V baflie Wall, and burner nozzles tapped downfront of the baffle wall, supply pipes tapped I ing a nozzle opening discharging downlnto the bosses from the bacx side of the Wardly and backwardly so that the fuel will Wardly into the bosses in front of the baffle well; each nozzle comprising a piece of pipe extending straight up from its boss and curved forwardly and downwardly and have the pipes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEQRGE M. LATIMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. C.

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